DNA [electronic resource] : promise and peril / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe ; with a foreword by Victor A. McKusick.

By: McCabe, Linda L, 1947-Contributor(s): McCabe, Edward R. B | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008Description: xv, 339 p. : illSubject(s): Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects | Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616/.042 LOC classification: RB155 | .M314 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
DNA sequence does not equal destiny -- What is genomics? -- Genetic determinism -- The evolution and deconstruction of human-centered biology -- Race and ethnicity : your history is written in your genes -- Gender as a spectrum, not a dichotomy -- Genome-based forensics -- When genes belong to groups and not individuals -- Genes as commodities : ownership of genes by business interests -- Protection against genetic discrimination : the new civil right -- Reproductive technologies : on the road to designer babies? -- Reproductive cloning : from farm animals to pets to humans? -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Gene therapy : can the promise be fulfilled? -- Large population assessments : the foundation for genomic medicine -- Hidden destiny : unbounded by your DNA.
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